The Iroquois Confederacy

Read both excerpts below. The first is from the Iroquois Confederacy. The second is from the United States Constitution. If you need help with understanding the text, don't forget to click on the "play" button next to Uncle Sam to help you out! When you are finished reading, use the quiz at the bottom of the page to see if you can identify the principles stated in these passages.

...5. The Council of the Mohawk shall be divided into three parties as follows: Tekarihoken, Ayonhwhathah and Shadekariwade are the first party; Sharenhowaneh, Deyoenhegwenh and Oghrenghrehgowah are the second party, and Dehennakrineh, Aghstawenserenthah and Shoskoharowaneh are the third party. The third party is to listen only to the discussion of the first and second parties and if an error is made or the proceeding is irregular they are to call attention to it, and when the case is right and properly decided by the two parties they shall confirm the decision of the two parties and refer the case to the Seneca Lords for their decision. When the Seneca Lords have decided in accord with the Mohawk Lords, the case or question shall be referred to the Cayuga and Oneida Lords on the opposite side of the house...

The first recording will play through the word "refer." The second will complete the passage.